Notes - potential ideas to explore for form

• Processional movement, include/explore a sequence of spaces/steps/rituals applied before arriving at the final space
• Ancient palace/temple design - moving down then up again to final inner sanctuary
• Secret garden - what is it that appeals with this idea?, cannot see from outside, what stimulates your curiosity? Something you see from outside the walls, a large or tall landmark.
• Layers of entry - layers of walls
• different entrances for different people that is, NOT 'one size fits all' or 'homogeneous' but some kind of hierarchy dependent on non-social differentiation such as:
• physical dimensions eg. height (but not 'size' per see) - such as having a lower doorway or higher doorway (why? for age?) or physical ability (eg. ramp versus steep stairway)
• direction of entry (ie. from where the person approaches)
• individual preference - entry obviously sloping up or down, or horizontal
• private versus public - some people may have a 'key' for entry
• door handles
• do research on this aspect!
• Human scale -  customisation of seating - the ultimate customisation is for each person to have their own seat (eg. stored seating pads on site etc, bean bags, memory foam seating) within a generic seating plan
• Traces - elements of original theatre remain and are reused

Definite design elements

• Theatre - medium to small sized auditorium/seating
• Height - incorporate something very tall, ideally significantly taller than surrounding buildings
• use remnants of the fly tower
• a visual cue, a visual landmark when walking through the park
• Layers of entry, concentric walls, vary the entry level - eg. walk down into the theatre
• Auditorium cut into the landscape (slightly submerged, to correlate with the distance the Christchurch contours have moved after the earthquakes)
• Open roof, or open air theatre
• Vertical seating (eg. think Globe Theatre or Bouffes du Nord)
• Elements of original building to retain in some shape or form: front facade, fly tower, seats
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